St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-25

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80 g necessities of her
citizens, individually and as a mass.
Men in different professions and
branches of business look at these wants
through glasses of varying magnltYing
power. a long list of citizens have b -en
asked what. IN their opinion. was the
chief thing the city lacked. Some are
satisfied. Some refuse to be quoted.
Some have said they would write out
what they had to say and send 1t TO the
office. after being given time to think
over the matter and some have replied
at once, giving what occurred to them
at the moment. The street car service
and the price of fuel came in for a
good share of attention, while public
library, public hall for lectures, con-
certs, etc, seems to be on the minds OF
not a few. Here is what a long list of
the men said when asked: what is
the principal thing needed in st. Paul?''
The answers speak for themselves, and
Will be looked over with interest by
all St. PaulS citizens this Christmas
morning.
d. A. MonfOrt, Cashier Second Ma
tional Bank-What does st. Paul need?
Well, just now she wants little snow
as badly as anything / know Of. We
also want colder weather, if our ice pal
ace of 1888 is to be success. Another
thing | think st. Paul needs, and that is
riding school. There is scarcely city
in the country of the size of st. Paul
that has not such a school. 1t would
afford delightful and inVigorating eXer-
else during the winter months for many
ladies and gentlemen who are fond OF
such pastime.
Hon. Chauncey W. Griggs-Well, for
one thing, we want a much better
street car Service than we are at pres
ent getting. The service | consider
very poor indeed, considering the size
and importance of our city. We ought
also to have more business houses, and
these houses should have abundant cap
ital.
LIE. Reed, President Capital Bank
We want better street car service.
am tired of standing up and being
crushed and crowded every evening
while going to my home. l think there
ought to be reduced rates between St.
Paul and Minneapolis. twenty-five
cents for the round trip would be
enough The railroads would not lose
ANYTHING by this reduction and both
cities would be immensely benefited.
William b. Dean-St. Paul is in need
of nothing that | know of. l consider
our city as finely equipped in every re-
Spect as any other city of its size in the
country. Natural gas, if we had it,
would be a great benefit to the people.
1t would save US several millions of dol
lars year.
Mayor Robert A. Smith-What st.
Paul needs is money, and heap of it.
At least, that is what is bothering me
most just now.
EX-POstmaster David Day-We want
cheaper fuel, and we want it badly. We
do not want the Jail on the court house
square.
William Bickel, Cashier Germania
Bank-St. Paul needs more manufac-
tories: also, more houses that will rent
for from SO to $50 per month.
Nathan Ford-It seems to me that we
need more fine business buildings, es-
pecially such as are adapted to the re-
tail trade.
c. Z. Grof-We need a frst-class
Dudley Finch-We need a good
wholesale clothing house.
John 2. Larkin-The city needs brick
Col. David McCIasky Ryan Hotel
There is urgent necessity for an i'm
proved method of disposing Of the cleo
trio light wires so that they will not
have TO be cut whenever they are in the
vicinity of fire and thus deprive con-
Sumers of their Illuminating power.
Col. F. R. Well, Merchants Hotel
st. Paul wants large hall capable of
accommodating several thousand peO-
pie for the use of conventions and other
gatherings. While / am on the subject
| would suggest that Smith park on
Sibley street, between Fifth and Sixth
streets. would be a good location for
such a building.
Col. AIvaren Allen-What st. Paul
needs most is business union, COM
prising representatives of all the inter-
ests of the city, real estate, mercantile
branches, bankers, lawyers, and, in
fact, every one that is interested in the
growth of our city. When a stranger
comes to st. Paul to engage in business
of any sort, or wants to invest capital,
he should be able to appear before a
body of representative men and state
what he wants and consult with them.
There should be general manager,
whose sole duty it would be to look
after strangers arriving here, ascertain
what they want and report at once to
the union, and thus both sides would be
benefited. Let the board of trade and
the chambet of commerce consolidate, ii
necessary, to carry out this idea, and
give us fifty or so of the enterpriSing,
energetic men that marked our history
along in the tiftieS.
Clerk Spencer, of the United States
COurt-We need new library and new
library building. This, in connection
something OF which st. Paul could we'll
be proud.
Hone. D. O'Brien-Wene need change
in the brand of whisky
Judge W. l.. Kelly-FOr heavens
sake don't put me in newspaper. Just
now we most need more court room.
United States Marshal w. NJ. Camp
bell-What we need is that St. Paul
should be built in the limits of a city.
The real estate boom is driving honest
wOrkingmen outside of the city proper.
They can't settle and live here, and
many of the manufacturing companies
are moving into the outskirts, where the
wOrkingmen are. and where they can
live and have homes. If this thing can
be remedied it will prove great adj
vantage to st. Paul and Minneapolis.
d. d. Merrill-Rapid tTansits for the
suburban districts-The electric motor
system brought to perfection. Mar
re- er slots on the cable tracks, so that
hol seS will not have their hoOfs torn OFF.
We want people to pull more together
on matters of public benefit and advan-
tage.
d. R. Noyes-First, we need one or
two large and thoroughly equipped in
every respect, first-class private
schools for young men and young
ladies. Second, we need TO Ell
dow our medical college and
put it in such condition that it will at
tract students from all over the North
west. Our intelligent, public-spirited
citizens should turn their attention
toward making st. Paul the center of
educational interests. 1t should be no
longer business interests alone which
should attract to st. Paul, but we should
erned, IL most 1s thoroughly equipped and and
most attractive city for residence of
good and desirable citizens.
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